I am fresh from the Apple store after investing in a iPad. I must say that I am impressed with the speed and quality of of the device. I loaded my traveling portfolio, the same one I use on the iPhone. The quality of the photos are amazing the color […]

This little guy decided to crash a wedding I was shooting at the Loews Resort just outside of Las Vegas. We were all just hanging out, patiently waiting for the ever fashionably-late bride, when the little crop duster swooped in and raised a slight stir. Ok, well crop is a […]

Are you prepared for a disaster? Its not IF a disaster strikes its WHEN. Remember that electronic equipment is nothing more that dirt, oil, electricity, and bunch of human ingenuity. What could possibly go wrong? Disasters are not limited to computers they can happen anywhere or to anything. Any of […]

MSNBC profiles a self-proclaimed computer geek and bored photographer as he shows us how he got some amazing photographs from the edge of space. Using simple off-the-shelf materials and equipment (albeit, the GPS looks complicated) he attaches a consumer point-and-shoot camera to a weather balloon and retrieves stunning images taken […]

I had the recent pleasure to try out DrupalGardens.com to create a site for my mom’s archery shop. First, DrupalGardens.com is great. You can easily create a fast Drupal website for free and then they allow you to export it to your own webhost if you like or keep it […]

To keyword or not to keyword, that is the question. The answer to this looming question is “it depends.” Personally I don’t keyword because I don’t have the discipline, or have found a need to keyword. So why am I writing this if I don’t keyword, because I know why […]

I have not customized my camera that much, but the settings that I did change have really helped with my photography. Here is a list of the changes I have made in my camera. You can tell what changes you made in the custom settings menu because the is a […]

Good golly there’s a lot of stuff on the web talking about shooting Raw vs JPG. You have people that shoot either one exclusively, shoot both all the time, mix-and-match and people who just don’t care or don’t know. Finally you have people that understand what they want from the […]

J Dennis Thomas _JDT0505 is a trusted voice on flickr answering questions that photographers have about using their cameras, as well as a darn good photographer. Nikon D3100 Field Guide, published by Wiley Publishing, Inc, and is his 11th book. At first I thought it was going to be another […]

Dear Nikon, First of all I love my D700 and am very glad I invested in it. But with cameras , or anything for that mater, we have wishes. I would like to let you know of a few features that I would like to see in your cameras, all […]

Quick answer, not to face. With my last major project, I decided to give faces a try. Trying faces with a large and real project I made some mistakes and also learned a bunch as well. Here here is the workflow I used on this project: Started a new library […]

I have used SmugMug.com for a year and a half now. I must say I am completely satisfied with their products and support. I have sold over 900 photos to a hundred different people. I have not had one return or one complaint from any of my clients. Everyone has […]

I read a post on engadget that showed a cool idea for wallpaper for an android phone. I then decided I wanted to have wallpaper on my iPhone 4 that show the guts of the phone. I went to the ifixit.com web site and looked for a photo that would […]